Notices by Justin Cox (justin@holonet.social)

This Just In: Apple’s forthcoming entry into AI promises a private, personalized AI, but will it increase AI slop?
🔗 https://justincox.com/blog/2024/06/is-apple-intelligence-the-ai-for-the-rest-of-us/
#Newsletter #link

A wasp found its way into the house today. I tried to kill it/get it out of the house with a leaf blower. It worked.

Want to know why learning Japanese katakana characters is so difficult?

シ = shi
ツ = tsu
ソ = so
ン = n
ノ = no

#Review:
Fallout (2024-)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I’ve never seen an adaptation be so perfectly executed. The tone, the set dressing, the story… every detail is exactly what you’d expect in the Fallout universe. Even the sense of dark humor and insanity is pitch perfect. Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy are brilliant and this show was fantastic. Here’s to more!
#MicroReview #tv

I’ve updated my #blogroll to include sites I read and sites that inspired my design! It now features:

@matthiasott
@rachelskirts
@kev
@sophie
@anarodrigues
@robb
@404mediaco
@crumbler
And more!

Check it out: https://justincox.com/blogroll/

#IndieWeb #blog

@liztai What’d they do?

“What is ownership?” @molly0xfff asks some fantastic questions and points out that “ownership” means different things to different people. This is a must read.
https://www.citationneeded.news/we-need-to-talk-about-digital-ownership/

This Just In: Google and Yahoo crack down on bad behavior; set your DKIM, DMARC, and SPF records now. https://justincox.com/blog/2024/01/sending-emails-is-hard/ #link

This Week In Writing, we discuss greatness and how chasing it is a possible and noble goal. https://justincox.com/blog/2024/01/why-make-anything-if-you-dont-think-it-will-be-great/ #link

It seems like today’s newsletter is experiencing a throttled send. I tweaked some of the email settings over the weekend to comply with the new anti-spam rules, and it seems to be slowing things down while I build a new reputation.

So… if you’re not finding the email yet, you can always read on the website: https://justincox.com/blog/2024/01/why-make-anything-if-you-dont-think-it-will-be-great/

The throttling should work itself out in a week or so. Sorry about that!

Is there a way to watch the #AusOpen #Tennis matches in the US without an ESPN subscription?

To everyone leaving #Substack, make sure your DKIM, DMARC, and SPF records are set. Google and Yahoo will start cracking down on bad behavior next month!

@liztai Platformer’s last issue said moving to Ghost will save them “tens of thousands of dollars a year.” On the other hand, that’s serious money Substack already can’t afford to lose. I don’t believe for one second the platform is profitable.

@liztai I think this is different. The publications leaving are too prominent. I pay for both Garbage Day and Platformer and those were like the Substack Crown Jewels — they’re even featured in the App Store images for Substack. They wouldn’t have left if the platform didn’t completely botch this entire situation. They really showed us who they are over the last year. Big part of why I left.

@liztai Just the one account.

There’s a lot of people who write about Medium because it makes them a lot of money. Those people are boring and I tend not to pay them any attention.

I have no plans to leave Medium. It’s both me and my publication’s 10 year anniversary this year!

@liztai

@tchambers @Castopod @funkwhale @dave @manton @pfefferle Are you suggesting we use #Fediblogs only of the whole blog is federated as an account or if the posts are being shared?

Seeing your own post on the federated timeline is like walking by a mirror you didn’t know was there.

Rebellions are built on hope.